The Burton Holmes Archive has information about Burton Holmes, the travel writer who became the first person to make filmic travelogues. More importantly, they also have a lot of
film clips by Holmes and his associate,
André de la Varre, who was also a great travelogue maker himself. Watching these clips is not quite time travel, but it is as close as we can get. Take a look at
Reykjavík, Iceland, in 1926,
Lake Michigan in 20s,
Cairo in 1932 and
the 1955 Rio de Janeiro carnival. The later films have sound and narration, but I prefer the silent ones.
[Burton Holmes previously, André de la Varre previously, and the Travel Film Archive, which runs Burton Holmes site, previously]
posted by Kattullus
on Oct 26, 2011 -
5 comments
There Is Only One Carnival... but a lot of
sambas to go with it. Get Rio de Janeiro's 2003 songs here and, at least spiritually, join the
escola (
school) of your choice. It's the real stuff, guaranteed to put a spring in your step. If you get the French
Fashion TV channel, you can watch the
desfiles (
parades) live!
Oba! Oba![
Some Real, WM or something required - forgive the indefinition, I'm just back from the first Carnival party and a bit drubk. Last year's songs were featured in this post.]
posted by MiguelCardoso
on Mar 1, 2003 -
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Rio Blames It On The Simpsons. '
The Simpsons...visited Brazil last week (and) made some offbeat observations. (They) found that Rio de Janeiro is a city where all men are bisexual, where fearsome monkeys roam the streets, and tourists are kidnapped by taxi drivers and mugged by children. Unfortunately, the Rio tourist board did not see the funny side and is preparing to sue the producers, Fox, for damage to its international image and loss of revenue. The issue threatens to become a diplomatic incident.'.
How something so obviously ripping the shit out of stereotyping can be so misinterpreted is beyond me, but now '
The Brazilian president, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, has entered the fray claiming that the cartoon "brought a distorted vision of Brazilian reality."'
Surely the shows makers were trying to do a service to Rio by rubbishing the stereotypes? Apologies, I ain't seen the show, but if you did, what did you think?
posted by boneybaloney
on Apr 9, 2002 -
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Not Flying Down To Rio For The Carnival? Never mind! Beat the crowds but catch the beat by listening to this year's terrific
sambas before the rest of the world can. This is the
real shanty-town stuff, not the watered-down touristy rubbish[
WindowsMedia required]that passes for Samba. This year my favourite for first prize is
Mangueira. What's yours? The
Brazilian Carnival[
learn all about it here] starts Saturday and goes on straight through to Tuesday. For the latest inside information - including the Bin Laden Mask controversy -
O Globo's special web site[
In Portuguese]is unbeatable.
Enjoy!
posted by MiguelCardoso
on Feb 6, 2002 -
13 comments
Weatherman faces up to six months. Rio de Janeiro Mayor Cesar Maya has asked prosecutors to seek charges against Luiz Carlos Austin, claiming his weather forecast was irresponsible. The city's acting chief prosecutor, said he would likely charge Austin with sounding a false alarm, which is punishable by up to six months in prison.
Was it really irresponsible to report that the storm could hit?
And who listens to weathermen anyway? I say if you want to find out what the weathers going to be like, stick your head out the window. Major storm warnings are the only things I
want to hear about.
posted by mikhail
on Jan 5, 2002 -
5 comments
